In recent weeks Nintendo Life has been looking at console launches, as preparation for the pre-launch hype for Wii U that's set to begin at E3 2012. In some cases the absence of a major Mario title has been a source of controversy and debate, as various Nintendo systems have launched with the famous mascot. Mike Mason and Thomas Whitehead of Nintendo Life assess the launches of GameCube and 3DS and consider whether either suffered without the famous plumber, or whether he would have made little difference to the ultimate fate of GameCube, or the difficult early months of 3DS.
Game developers have already started to confirm that they will support the Nintendo Switch 2 with their future titles.
Hanzala from eXputer: "As Nintendo takes out 20 years' worth of stuff from Garry's Mod, I watch in shock, thinking why it continues to hurt and discourage its fans."
The irony that some of the most disgusting business practices come from companies like Disney or Nintendo, i can't even begin to understand what terrible damage was Garrys Mod making to Nintendo bottom line, imho they're getting pretty nervous about where they're heading in the future, handhelds are no longer something exclusive to Nintendo, from Steam Deck to many others, now you can play the latest games and pay a fraction of the price on Steam sales, so it's up to their exclusives, which just on their own would make hard to justify purchasing a closed overpriced hardware with outrageous price policies (Super Mario Odyssey is still 60 euro 6 years later!), and as a home console they're always underperforming compared to Sony or Xbox.
i cam guarantee you, that their exclusives alone is what drives switch sales. they sell in the 10s of millions of copies.
nintendo created their franchises to be sort of nostalgia driven, exclusive only on nintendo.
people will always buy the pkmn games as they always bring in new younger fans amd is family friendly
mario kart, the same thing, mario games in general.
zelda games are system sellers. animal crossing for the casual gamers.
nintendo doesnt need third vame devs essentially. they made sure with the switch and the limitations that they looked more to pc ps and xbox.
its sad, but nintendo is more than fine with what they're doing. they positioned themselves to appeal to the more casual gamers.
but to your point, im not sure why they're doing this rly.
Look at how they handled Nintendo games being streamed or uploaded on YouTube in the past. They killed Yuzu and Citra even when they had nothing to do with ToTK being leaked, not to mention it was basically unplayable on emulation the week it was leaked. Smash Bros tournament, that was fairly recent. They shut down their online services without any care for purchases made. I bought a switch after skipping their last 2 consoles and handhelds but I don't plan on buying anything Nintendo in the future. They take things to the extremes, they legitimately hate their fans. They're honestly right up there with the likes of Acti, EA, and Ubi, only difference is that they disguise themselves as being family friendly all the while being shady.
Hanzala from eXputer: "The cruel hammer of Nintendo has fallen. Farewell, 3DS and Wii U, you surely brightened my life and many others; you won't be forgotten."
Launching a console without Mario for Nintendo is suicide. Nintendo is going straight up Kamikaze next gen.
Mario hasn't ushered a console in for a while. In the meantime we have had his brother and Link stand at the beginning of things. I don't mind that at all.
No Nintendo is complete without launching Mario or Zelda.
well fact nintendo would not be here today without mario.
If nintendo really wants to make fans happy they will include a mario pack in game with the wii u at launch. One of my best gaming memories is getting snes in 1992 and playing super mario world the first time. If nintendo can recreate that same type of thing with wiiu it would be great.
3DS and Gamecube had a reasonable amount of sales at launch.
But when Mario or Zelda were released, it was like the consoles were given a new lease life... and now look at the 3DS, its on fire in Japan and the West since the launch of Mario Kart/3D Land.
Of couse the price drop along with OoT helped out the 3DS, but it would've been a differnt start if the Mario games and the OoT remake came out at the launch of the 3DS or just after.